by Ed Douglas
Yarlung dynasty, 46, 63, 69
Mangsong Mangtsen (r. 650–676), 52
Songtsen Gampo (r. 618–649), 46–52, 62–3, 84, 130, 132, 134
Tride Tsugtsen (r. 676–704), 53
Trisong Detsen (r. 755–797), 53, 54–7, 69, 70
Yarlung Tsangpo region, 2, 24, 25, 28, 39, 58, 59, 302
Bailey’s exploration (1911; 1913), 321, 403, 408
Kingdon-Ward’s exploration (1924), 321, 348, 408
Nain Singh’s exploration (1865), 287
Tibetan Empire (618–842), 46, 47, 62
trade in, 154
Wilcox and Burlton’s exploration (1825–1828), 224
Webber’s exploration (1864), 284
Zhang Zhung Kingdom (c. 500 BCE–625 CE), 62
yartsa gunbu, 29
Yashwant Rao Holkar, 176
Yatung, Tibet, 311, 386, 397, 400
Yeats, William Butler, 430
Yellow Band, 25
Yellow river, 87
Yellow Temple, Beijing, 300, 385
Yemen, 157
Yeshe O, King of Guge, 68–71
Yeshe Tsogyel, 473–4
Yi Xin, 35
yoga, 443
Yonghe Gong monastery, Beijing, 297
Yonten Gyatso, 4th Dalai Lama, 133–4
Young, Emma, 231
Young, Frederick, 328
Young, Geoffrey Winthrop, 371, 372
Young, Keith, 231, 232
Younghusband, Francis, 390
Gendun Chopel, meeting with (1937), 485
Chumbi valley and, 383, 399
Everest expeditions (1921–1924), 358, 372, 374, 396, 400, 401
famine (1899–1900), 390
Hooker, letter to (1903), 325
RGS presidency (1919–1922), 372, 396, 401
Tibet expedition (1903–1904), 288, 292, 311–12, 316, 367, 375, 390–93
Treaty of Lhasa (1904), 393, 399
Younghusband, Helen, 374
Ystoria Mongalorum (Pian del Carpine), 75
Yuan Empire (1271–1368), 43, 75–6, 88–93, 130
Yukon, 365
Yul Khambu, Tibet, 66
Yule, Henry, 268
Yumbu Lhakang, Tibet, 47
Yunnan, China, 79, 345, 346, 347, 384, 492
Zangbu Rabjamba, 204
Zanskar, Ladakh, 3, 69, 326, 378, 453
Zawada, Andrzej, 520
Zeeland, Dutch Republic, 206
Zen Buddhism, 55, 56–7
Zermatt, Swiss Alps, 284, 351, 359
Zhang Guohua, 508
Zhang Zhung Kingdom (c. 500 BCE–625 CE), 48, 61–8
Zhao Erfeng, 396–7
Zhao Jinxiu, 292, 303
Zhidar, 138, 144
Zhongdian, Yunnan, 79
Zhou Enlai
Chongqing liaison officer (1938–1945), 456
India, relations with, 502, 503, 504, 505
Nepal visit (1960), 511
Phunwang, meeting with (1940), 487
‘Seventy Thousand Character Petition’ (1962), 496
Tibet liberation, views on, 495
White Stupa, protection of, 92
Zhu De, 488
zi beads, 67
Zoji La, 161
Zongkhul monastery, Zanskar, 378
Zoroastrianism, 49, 54, 75
Zuhur-ul-Nissa, 220
Zurbriggen, Matthias, 359
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Tenzing: Hero of Everest
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Douglas, Ed, 1966– author.
Title: Himalaya : a human history / Ed Douglas.
Description: First American edition. | New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020035785 | ISBN c (hardcover) | ISBN 9780393542004 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Himalaya Mountains Region—Civilization.
Classification: LCC DS485.H6 D64 2021 | DDC 954.96—dc23
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